Action Forms Explained

Action Forms Ltd.
Type:	Private
Industry:	Video games
Fate:	Dormancy
Hq Location City:	Kyiv
Hq Location Country:	Ukraine

Action Forms Ltd. was a Ukrainian video game developer based in Kyiv.

History

Action Forms was founded by art director Yaroslav Kravchenko, lead programmer Oleg Slusar, executive director Igor Karev, and deputy director Denis Vereschagin. Krevchenko and Slusar had been "addicted" to the game Doom and wanted to develop a similar game. After commencing work on a game engine for their game, Tron: The Hammer of War, they brought in Karev and Vereschagin and formed Actions Forms in Kyiv in 1995. Tron: The Hammer of War was eventually renamed and released in 1997.^[1] Subsequently, the company earned recognition as developer of the first three games in the Carnivores series. The company used their own game engine AtmosFear in every released game since Carnivores. In 2005, and «Остров Сокровищ» (Ostrov Sokrovisch)^[2] based on the Soviet animated film Treasure Island, which itself was based on the novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson, were released. In 2008, , which uses modified game engine AtmosFear 2.0, (though it was actually the fourth major generation of the engine) was released. Since 2011, Action Forms is currently dormant.^{[3] [4]} Main members of the company created the game development studio Tatem Games, focused on games for iOS platform and revived the Carnivores franchise.^[5]

List of games

• (1997)
• Carnivores (1998)
• Carnivores 2 (1999)
• (2001)
• Duke Nukem: Endangered Species (cancelled)^[6]
• Ostrov Sokrovishch (Остров сокровищ aka. Treasure Island, based on the 1988 animated film Treasure Island) (2005)
• (2005)
• Adventures of Captain Wrongel (Announced 2006. Cancelled in 2009. UA title: Пригоди капітана Вронгеля. Based on the animated series Adventures of Captain Wrongel.)
• (2008)
• (2010) (iOS, PlayStation Portable) (in collaboration with Tatem Games)
• Adventures of Talking Tom (cancelled project in 2010/with Outfit7)^[7]
• (2011) (iOS) (in collaboration with Tatem Games)
• Mowgli's Adventures (cancelled project in 2011)^[8]

External links

• Official website (archived)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vivisector: Creatures of Dr. Moreau Interview . Richard . Aihoshi . 5 March 2002 . . 20 May 2023.
2. http://www.ag.ru/games/ostrov_sokrovisch Game page on AG.ru
3. Web site: http://avegamers.com/blog/special/action-forms-intervyu-s-igorem-karevym-chast-1-istoricheskaya . Action Forms: Interview with Igor Karev (Part 1: Historical) . ru:Интервью с Игорем Каревым (Часть 1: Историческая) . 25 March 2011 . Russian . 25 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110429050844/http://avegamers.com/blog/special/action-forms-intervyu-s-igorem-karevym-chast-1-istoricheskaya . 29 April 2011 . dead .
4. Web site: http://avegamers.com/blog/special/action-forms-intervyu-s-igorem-karevym-chast-2-portativnaya . ru:Интервью с Игорем Каревым (Часть 2: Портативная) . Action Forms: Interview with Igor Karev (Part 2: Portable) . 25 March 2011 . Russian . 28 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141112034052/http://avegamers.com/blog/special/action-forms-intervyu-s-igorem-karevym-chast-2-portativnaya . 12 November 2014 . dead .
5. Web site: About Tatem Games. 5 July 2019.
6. Web site: Duke Nukem: Endangered Species cancelled . GameSpot . 18 December 2001.
7. Web site: Adventures of Talking Tom - release date, videos, screenshots, reviews on RAWG. 28 September 2020. rawg.io. en.
8. Web site: Mowgli's Adventures - release date, videos, screenshots, reviews on RAWG. 26 September 2020. rawg.io. en.